''Setaria dielsii'', commonly known as Diels' pigeon grass, is a species of grass in the family
Poaceae native to Australia.
Description
It is an annual grass that grows in tufts from 20 to 130 centimetres high. It has green flowers that occur in an open
panicle.
Taxonomy
This species was first published by
Rudolf Albert Wolfgang Herrmann in 1910.
Its only synonym is ''Setaria buchananii'', published by
Albert Spear Hitchcock in 1927.
Distribution and habitat
It occurs in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
and the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...
.
References
External links
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dielsii
Bunchgrasses of Australasia
Poales of Australia
Angiosperms of Western Australia
Flora of the Northern Territory
Taxa named by A. S. Hitchcock